Are You Famous, Yet?

01:32 - How did Elizabeth get involved in storytelling? 03:13 - Scott Whitehair http://www.scottwhitehair.com 06:00 - Elizabeth's first experience in storytelling. 07:12 - Cheddar. https://vimeo.com/142402403 15:54 - Weirdos Welcome. 21:15 - Co-hosting Do Not Submit in Rogers Park. http://www.donotsubmitchicago.com/dns-rogers-park.html 26:36 - Elizabeth has been telling stories at comedy open mics. 27:23 - Gilead, a storytelling-inspired church. http://www.gileadchicago.org 33:25 - Gilead on the Today Show http://www.today.com/video/today-visits-the-church-that-holds-its-services-in-a-pub-918603331630 41:08 - Elizabeth tells a story. 47:39 - Writing down sad things and incorporating them into her storytelling and meeting with comics to see how she can flip them. 49:08 - Chicago Podcast Coop and Random Conversations with Elizabeth. http://chicagopodcastcoop.com http://www.randomconversations.net/about/ 49:33 - Chicago Podcast Festival http://chicagopodcastfestival.org https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoPodcastFestival/ 50:06 - Unexpected interruption. 51:31 - Elizabeth's most listened-to episode. 52:26 - Love your Lady Landscape. https://www.amazon.com/Love-Your-Lady-Landscape-Feminine/dp/1781807361/ref=sr_1_1 53:51 - From The Chicago Podcast Coop have come some other support groups; one hired by MTV, you send them your show and they clean up your episode! 54:43 - Editing and other frustrations of podcasting. 55:40 - Listen to back episodes of Random Conversations With Elizabeth on: Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/randomconvos and iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/random-conversations-with-elizabeth/id1004233188?mt=2 57:36 - Weirdos Welcome on August 2nd at Earphoria and it's free! https://allevents.in/chicago/weirdos-welcome/326643617779083 and Random Conversations with Elizabeth http://www.randomconversations.net/about/ and Check out Chicago's storytelling scene! The Moth https://www.themoth.org This Much Is True http://www.thismuchistruechicago.com The Stoop https://www.facebook.com/StoopStyleStories/ http://www.thestoop.us Story Circle https://www.facebook.com/events/246829335742953/ Do Not Submit http://www.donotsubmitchicago.com

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

01:21 - "Bad Date" at Leapfest with Stage Left Theatre. http://stagelefttheatre.com 07:46 - Another role of Shariba's, Mother Wit, in "Insurrection." http://stagelefttheatre.com/season-35/season-36/ 10:17 - What it's like to be an Instructional Coach at Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools. 15:17 - An amazing lesson plan witnessed by Shariba. 18:44 - About Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools. http://www.bsics.org 23:41 - There are stupid questions. 28:15 - Being a casting director with MPAACT. http://www.mpaact.org 37:00 - How does being a director affect Shariba as an actress? 41:39 - Shariba has a lot coming up:

Understudying Lady Capulet with "Romeo and Juliet" with Chicago Shakespeare w/Shakespeare in the Park She will be going up on August 19th at Ridge Park https://www.chicagoshakes.com

Chicago Theatre Marathon "Long Canoe" https://www.chicagotheatremarathon.com

Erasing the Distance "Breathe With Me." in September http://erasingthedistance.org

"Starting Over" at Governor's State http://www.mpaact.org MPAACT at October 21st and 22nd, 2017

City Lit http://www.citylit.org J.B. in Fall 2017

"Insurrection: Holding History" with Stage Left - Winter 2017/2018. http://stagelefttheatre.com/season-35/season-36/

"Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea" directed by Chika Ike with First Floor Theater - Spring 2018 http://www.firstfloortheater.com

(re)discover theatre http://www.rediscovertheatre.com "For One" A Series of plays built for an audience of one Aug. 30th - Sept. 30th

Black Lives, Black Words https://www.facebook.com/blklivesblkwrd/ "Our America Project" Aug. 14th, 21st and 22nd

"Black Lives, Black Words" was founded by previous podcast guest, Reggie Edmund. http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/webpage/entreponegroes-blaculas-and-the-mind-of-reginald-edmund-episode-92

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01:29 - When Schoen knew she wanted to do theatre and early disc jockey experience. 07:05 - Modeling then off to college to study finance and business economics. 11:31 - First show in New York. 15:20 - Independent film experiences. 19:04 - LA CAUSA Youth Build. http://www.lacausainc.org 22:08 - How Schoen got into producing theatre. 22:34 - The show, "Elevator." http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/learn/content/348 https://thisstage.la/2010/08/michael-leonis-elevator-is-a-moving-experience/ http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/West-Coast-Premiere-of-ELEVATOR-by-Michael-Leoni-to-Play-Hudson-Guild-Opens-729-20100821 24:56 - Venture Hill Entertainment. http://www.anmt.org/conference/conference_panelists.asp?ID=13290&PanelID=91 http://vhellc.com/about-us/ 26:21 - DOMA Theatre Company in L.A. http://www.domatheatre.com 27:20 - Some actors in L.A. don't value theatre as much as they could. 29:11 - How did Schoen get from New York to L.A. to Chicago? 33:28 - Director of Development at Collaboraction. http://www.collaboraction.org 34:09 - Schoen has been doing a lot of directing lately. "Token," a one woman show by Kaye Winks: at Collaboraction's Gender Breakdown Lounge https://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Creatives-Social-Club/events/237738081/ http://collaboraction.tumblr.com Second City at Judy's Beat Lounge https://www.facebook.com/events/203741633448860/ Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin http://www.outofboundscomedy.com/artists/token/ United Solo Festival in NYC http://unitedsolo.org/us/token-2017/ *"Hoods" at Peacebook http://www.collaboraction.org/peacebook2017 Opens August 26th at the Goodman Theatre and then Hamilton Park Oct. 5th, 6th and 7th. 38:53 - As a director, how does Schoen prod actors in the right direction? 43:05 - Schoen's show in 44:21 - Schoen highly recommends visiting all of the gorgeous parks that Collaboraction works with: Hamilton http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Hamilton-Park/ Lafollette Park http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/La-Follette-Park/ Austin http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Austin-Park/ Kelvyn http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Kelvyn-Park/ 48:43 - Schoen and previous podcast guest, GQ, at Kidzapalooza https://www.lollapalooza.com/kidzapalooza/ Promotions: Schoen is the co-producer of the documentary American Street Kid http://www.americanstreetkid.com/schoen-smith http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524931/ Trailer for American Street Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vCuvi8I1-c https://www.facebook.com/AmericanStreetKid/ http://cni.castingnetworks.com/talent/profile/931015 http://www.americanstreetkid.com/schoen-smith http://wgnradio.com/2017/04/29/hannah-stanley-4-29-17-chicagos-impact-on-theater-and-entertainment/

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01:16 - "Snake the Lake" https://www.facebook.com/events/840648652760824/ 05:04 - Why do a lot of artists live in the Manistee/Onekama area? 05:32 - Les' time in Chicago and the origin of the Art Deck. 07:13 - Les' piece, Weeping Willow, was recently bought by the Michigan Legacy Art Park. http://michlegacyartpark.org 08:27 - Art theory. 09:49 - The Artist Moment. 11:10 - Socialism/what is behind Les' pieces. 17:14 - Existentialism and more about what is behind Les' work. 19:13 - Moebius strips in Les' work. 20:50 - A gallery in Tucson is collapsing that showed Les' work. 24:13 - Why should you never give someone sculpture. 27:36 - How Les and Deb got together. 30:56 - Promotional time: Jamie Barnard, Handstand, Susan Barnard https://www.facebook.com/susan.barnard.756?fref=ts http://www.lesliescruggs.com

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01:31 - When did Dan start singing and how did he end up in film school? 03:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ej50JK2LM - Dan's teenage films. 08:04 - Dan and Laura as kids in Springfield, Illinois. 15:49 - Dan Knox on scoring Mary Arrchie's "Glass Menagerie." http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/chi-ugc-article-mary-arrchies-the-glass-menagerie-announces-2013-07-22-story.html http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-23/entertainment/ct-ent-1224-glass-meangerie-review-20121223_1_tennessee-williams-the-glass-menagerie-masterpiece 19:05 - Dan's favorite songs that he's written. "Blue Car" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQPxGcz_gXo 31:30 - Music posted on iTunes that is a scam. 38:56 - Dan Knox performs! (recorded with less compression and at a low volume for fidelity. May be hard to hear -- sorry.) Promotional time: Peace on Earth. Dan's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danielknoxmusic/?hl=en Dan on Bandcamp https://danielknox.bandcamp.com/ Dan on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/daniel-knox/id938262216 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/evryman-for-himself/id435763946 http://danielknox.com/shop/ 50:30 - A teenage following as a result of a song that was featured on "Welcome to Nightvale:" https://danielknox.bandcamp.com/track/what-have-they-done-to-you-now "Don't Touch Me." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ej50JK2LM http://danielknox.com

Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

01:25 - Origin story of The Edge of Orion Theatre. http://edgeoforion.com 06:08 - Light saber effects. https://www.ultrasabers.com/ and www.saberforge.com 11:10 - Finding differently abled people to be in their shows. 14:23 - Favorite production with constellation project. 21:12 - What was it like for Stephanie to be directed by Laura? 24:55 - How did Stephanie get involved with The Edge of Orion Theatre? 25:12 - Who is Orion? 33:45 - Muggle Quidditch. 41:06 - Adaptations. 43:12 - Special news about "Richard the Third" in the Star Wars universe. 45:21 - "What's All This Then?" 48:10 - How big is the theatre company and where do they generally perform? 51:08 - Gender blind casting. 51:40 - Steven Ivcich. 53:51 - edgeoforion.com Summer camps in July, Mondays at Clock Tower Park w/theatre hikes of "Wind in the Willows," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Python in the Park." Constellation project in Schaumburg https://www.gofundme.com/constellationnorthside

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00:35 - Presenting: Melanie Adcock https://twitter.com/melanie_adcock President of Tech Month Chicago https://www.techmonthchicago.com Host of Tech Scene Chicago http://www.techscenechicago.com https://www.facebook.com/melanie.a.adcock & Bryan Sperry http://sperryart.com https://www.facebook.com/bryan.sperry.3 https://twitter.com/BryanSperryArt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCa0YP-DXfg https://vimeo.com/126844674

01:31 - House of the Apocalypse art gallery. https://www.facebook.com/houseoftheapocalypse/ http://www.imgrum.org/user/warriorsperry/475701902 08:21 - Bryan is an anarchist and expresses his beliefs through his sculptures. 11:35 - Transhumanism. 16:59 - What it's like to be a woman in the business world. 21:01 - Vivian Maier: http://www.vivianmaier.com 22:47 - Melanie's Tech Scene show on Lumpen Radio: http://lumpenradio.com/techtalk.html 35:48 - They love to go to Maxwell Street Sunday Market. https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/maxwell_street_market.html & Swap-O-Rama https://swap-o-rama.com 43:51 - If you want to be free, come to the House of the Apocalypse on the Second Friday of the month: http://chicagoartsdistrict.org/secondfridays_main.asp 46:31 - Tech Month Chicago. https://www.techmonthchicago.com 53:41 - Promotional time: House of the Apocalypse 1908 S. Halsted St. https://www.facebook.com/houseoftheapocalypse/ https://www.instagram.com/warriorsperry/ Tech Month Chicago in September https://www.techmonthchicago.com Techscene Chicago at 105.5 FM http://www.techscenechicago.com

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00:40 - Podcaster and writer Megan Mackie is back! You may remember her from ep. 173: https://www.mixcloud.com/areyoufamousyet/megan-mackie-and-the-princess-peach-conspiracy-episode-173/ 00:53 - "The Finder of the Lucky Devil" is Megan's first book.You can find it on: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Finder-Lucky-Devil-Megan-Mackie-ebook/dp/B071LRWXG5 and Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-finder-of-the-lucky-devil 07:32 - This is the first of three or four books investigating magic and software in an alternate reality. 10:07 - The editor. 11:50 - Megan reads a section from her book! 19:45 - Finishing up the second season of "Princess Peach Conspiracy," blooper reels, and writing the third season. http://ppconspiracy.libsyn.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-princess-peach-conspiracy/id1132325428?mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/megan-mackie/the-princess-peach-conspiracy https://www.ppconspiracy.com/listen 24:36 - Also, review Megan's book on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35276525-the-finder-of-the-lucky-devil 25:07 - The self-publishing world. 30:08 - Megan's play, "Eros & Psyche, Play" that she wrote with Women's Theatre Alliance. http://www.wtachicago.org/index2.html 34:30 - Megan's biggest lesson learned about writing.

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00:59 - How did the cast of "Audition!" meet? 03:18 - Origin story of the show. 06:25 - Introductions for everyone: John Abbott, Buddy King, Holly McGuire & Connie Foster. 11:42 - The story behind the name of the show. 18:54 - Holly's CD, "Catch 38." https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Steve-Sandner-Holly-McGuire/dp/B00004S9W6 20:05 - Holly's performances at The Playboy Club and what was Minsky's Burlesque? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsky%27s_Burlesque 22:20 - Connie on writing songs for the first time. 22:49 - Connie has been involved with the arts since she was a child. 27:19 - The Floppy Show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Floppy_Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-VLY20ikXg 33:18 - Process of the development of "Audition!" 41:00 - Buddy's past and many plays. 55:42 - John's improv experiences. 1:01:25 - Charles. 1:05:52 - What is "Audition!" about? 1:10:34 - Promotions: August 10th: SAG AFTRA Senior Radio Plays at Chicago Cultural Center:"Wild Jack Rhett" and "Rocket from Manhattan" https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter.html/

Holly is singing at the Drake Hotel on June 30th and August 11th: http://www.thedrakehotel.com

Information about "Audition!" http://outtathebox.site

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Laura got back from Door County a few hours before our release so the notes will be abbreviated for this episode. Summary: Laura wanted to go on trips to Baltimore, MD (to see a fairy festival and interview Uncle Fun's husband) and Door County (for a writing retreat) so she used Postmates, an "app based delivery service," to earn 1300 bucks. She also tried Caviar and Door Dash (similar apps) along the way. Questions we answer: How much, on average, did she get paid per hour? Is it a good way to earn money as an artist? How many tickets did she get? What are other downsides and unexpected perks? What's it like to hang out with Uncle Fun all day? What was her writing retreat like?

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